Project South Africa: Day 1

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Day1: What an absolutely amazing day. Day 1 started off with me being picked up by Lulama, eKhaya eKasi's coordinator and Buli. It was fantastic to see Lulama again and even though I had only met her once before, it felt like I was meeting an old friend. Lulama & I had a chance to discuss organizational details on the way to Khayelitsha which is about a 40 minute drive from downtown Cape Town. Once at eKhaya eKasi, I was greeted by the women who were already there and then Lulama & I settled in so we could continue to discuss the organization of the project including who was to use each donated iPhone during the workshop. Lulama spoke in Xhosa to the women to explain the project. Lucky for…
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Tweetathon & Raffle to Celebrate the Final Hours

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First Ever The heART of a Woman Project Tweetathon & Raffle #thoawSA Let's have some fun while we bring in the last hours of the Indiegogo campaign. We're celebrating the last 39 days and the wonderful days ahead as I bring #heARTSouthAfrica to Khayelitsha & to the inspiring women and moms of eKhaya eKasi. I kicked off a Tweetathon a little over 4 hours ago, you can join the conversation on twitter by following #thoawSA and tweet using the hashtag. I will also update the THOAW Facebook Page periodically. So please share where you can.   [caption id="attachment_187" align="aligncenter" width="600"] eKhaya eKasi Skills Development Program[/caption]   How The Raffle Works: Each $10 donation receives 1 entry to the raffle. Example: Donate $10 = 1 entry Donate $25 = 2.5 entries - wait not…
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Bloggers For a Cause

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  [caption id="attachment_1037" align="aligncenter" width="327"] #thoawSA ladies[/caption] Join the Blogger Program   #BlogForACause to spread the word about Project South Africa #thoawSA. Help empower women in Khayelitsha, South Africa (pictured above) through mobile photography to fight poverty, one blog at a time! Thank you all! Blogs, Bloggers, Writers & Photographer Friends from around the world for our project in Cape Town, South Africa - Project heART SouthAfrica  Mary Chong, Canada - Calculated Traveller Crea Nolan, Ireland - Crea's blog coming soon, guest Post on THOAW Blog: Poverty is Unnecessary Richard Gray, England - iPhoggy: The Democratising Force of Mobile Reema Sathe, India - About Life N More: Empowering A Generation in South Africa Anna Cox & We Are Juxt USA & World: The heART of a Woman Project, Finding Ubuntu in South Africa Cat Milton, Spain - Mobile Photography Central: Project #heARTSouthAfrica -…
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